About Me
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I'm a New Zealand-based writer of Erotica, Fantasy, Science Fiction and Historical Fiction who loves nothing more than mixing the genres together in weird and wonderful ways.
When I'm not writing you can find me either on a golf course or drinking wine, champagne or cocktails (yum). At various times in my past I've been a teacher, bus-driver, marine biologist and a farmer. A veritable Jac(qui) of all trades and master of none! My foray into the world of fiction writing is a passion that has given me an outlet for my ridiculous imagination. My life has been a rich and fantastic adventure. I've been to amazing places, done incredible things and met wonderful people. Long may it continue! |
What are my inspirations?
I've been an avid consumer of books since I learnt to read at five years old. Before I was eleven I'd read my way through the entire collection of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, most of Enid Blyton's Famous Five and Secret Seven series and the 12 books making up the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. I'd also read Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
What all of those books have in common are female characters - girls like me - participating fully in the adventures. To a young girl growing up in the 1960's that was exciting. It filled me with hope and excitement for the future along with a firm belief that I too could do, and become, whatever I put my mind to.
My obsession with reading hasn't waned. I'm not a particularly discerning reader and will read almost anything - on the caveat it's entertaining and well written. I love romping great adventures, modern literature, science fiction, fantasy, erotica, distopia and, yes, even some non-fiction.
Staring at my bookshelf names that leap out are Anne McCaffrey, Annie Proulx, Clive Cussler, Marion Zimmer-Bradley, Margaret Atwood, Joanne Harris, Mary Stewart, Douglas Adams, Emmanuelle de Maupassant, Jostein Garder, Elizabeth Gilbert, Isabel Allende, C.S Pascat, Eleanor Catton, Krissy Keen and Mark Kurlansky.
What I notice in that list is the preponderance of women authors and that realisation warms my heart.
What all of those books have in common are female characters - girls like me - participating fully in the adventures. To a young girl growing up in the 1960's that was exciting. It filled me with hope and excitement for the future along with a firm belief that I too could do, and become, whatever I put my mind to.
My obsession with reading hasn't waned. I'm not a particularly discerning reader and will read almost anything - on the caveat it's entertaining and well written. I love romping great adventures, modern literature, science fiction, fantasy, erotica, distopia and, yes, even some non-fiction.
Staring at my bookshelf names that leap out are Anne McCaffrey, Annie Proulx, Clive Cussler, Marion Zimmer-Bradley, Margaret Atwood, Joanne Harris, Mary Stewart, Douglas Adams, Emmanuelle de Maupassant, Jostein Garder, Elizabeth Gilbert, Isabel Allende, C.S Pascat, Eleanor Catton, Krissy Keen and Mark Kurlansky.
What I notice in that list is the preponderance of women authors and that realisation warms my heart.